Actor and comedian Joe Piscopo earned nationwide fame with his celebrity impersonations, Saturday Night Live skits, and roles in Hollywood films like the remake of King Kong and Wise Guys. Less well-known, however, is Piscopo”s ardent support for the State of Israel. Now hosting his own daily radio show, Piscopo airs his views on a […]
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Eulogies for Sam Zeiden These eulogies were delivered on June 10 for Sam Zeiden, at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, in a service officated by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal of Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Sam died June 8 at the age of 97. By Donald H. Harrison Son-in-law SAN DIEGO –From the time he was a boy, Sam
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Donald H. Harrison, Sandi Masori, Shor M. MasoriBy Kenneth Bandler WASHINGTON, D.C. – AJC presented its Moral Courage Award to two heroes, Michel Bacos and Tzvi Har-Nevo, who played vital roles in the rescue of more than 100 passengers and crew on a hijacked Air France jet 40 years ago. “Tzvi and Michel stared down enemies and stood up for innocent people,”
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — And G-d spoke to Moshe and Aaron saying: “Each man under his flag with the signs according to the house of their fathers they will camp, at a distance and around the Tabernacle they will camp.” (Numbers 2:2) The Midrash Rabbah (Numbers 2:7) is concerned that the phrase “…according
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Jewish ReligionIsrael seals off West Bank and Gaza in wake of Tel Aviv terror attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Two days after the Palestinian terrorist shooting that killed four Israelis in Tel Aviv, the Israeli diplomatic-security cabinet imposed a general closure on all of the West Bank and on border crossings into Gaza. The two terrorists
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The sudden collapse of bookshelves in Yigal’s study, fortunately without injury to life or limb, set in train a course of events (new bookcases in every room) that enabled a thorough sifting-through of books and other items collected in the course of some fifty years. One of the most
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationEx-Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has won the majority of votes with all ballots counted in Peru’s photo-finish presidential election, officials said Thursday, but the final result will depend on a handful of challenged ballots. With all votes finally counted four days after the run-off election, Kuczynski, the son of a Jewish doctor from
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Continuing with my previous column, any current discussion of Jerusalem ought to deal with the issues of whose city? and should it be divided? Even more basic is the issues of which Jerusalem? and when? Ancient and medieval sources tell of several expansions and contractions of what was defined as Jerusalem.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — If you’ve been around the Jewish community of San Diego, then you know that there’s more to the menu than matzoh balls and gefilte fish. There are tacos and salsa from a thriving Latino-Jewish community that touches both sides of the border. Many of them came to the Lyceum to
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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON — Over the course of this election season, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders turned a long-shot gamble on the presidency into a national movement that swept up millions of primarily young voters who, now faced with the stark reality that he will not be the Democratic nominee, had to answer the question: What comes next?
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USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama dispensed with his long-held pledge of neutrality in the Democratic presidential race Thursday, backing Hillary Clinton as the most qualified candidate to succeed him in the nation’s highest office. “I know how hard this job can be. That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it,” he said
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USAANALYSIS/OPINION: The Obama administration’s treatment of Israel has been, in a word, deplorable. Everybody knows it. President Obama has enabled Israel’s archenemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran, to threaten its very existence. The White House has allowed Tehran to receive sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons systems from Russia, with more advanced weapons on the way, to frustrate
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Middle East, USAHussein Ibish is a scholar of Lebanese origin who is Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, a recently-established think-tank financed by the Gulf States. Dr. Ibish is a respected commentator on the Middle East, and when he comments on matters involving the Gulf States, his remarks are considered authoritative, in
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Middle EastBy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — Election Day. For me, it’s like Hanukah or Christmas in June. It’s a day of anticipation and excitement. It’s a day to celebrate. This Primary Day was one of added anticipation as my daughter was eligible to vote for the first time. Even before she turned 18 last Fall, she
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